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Applied Quantitative Finance

Master of Science · Daniels College of Business · Candidate, expected June 2028

Began
March 2026
Expected
June 2028
Honors
Dean's Recognition Scholar
Credits required
45–57 quarter credits
Calendar
10-week quarters
Designation
STEM-designated

The paper

Course paper · FIN 4800 An Organized Walk Down Wall Street · Summer 2026

Artificial Intelligence on Wall Street and the Demand for Human Skills

Published September 24, 2026

Practitioner testimony from August 2026 visits to financial firms on how they deploy generative AI, and which human skills they still require of their people.

Photographs

  • Kyle Wisniewski in a navy suit and striped tie, both hands on the marble bell podium of the New York Stock Exchange, the words NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE on the wall behind him
    Kyle Wisniewski at the New York Stock Exchange during FIN 4800, An Organized Walk Down Wall Street, August 2026.
  • A group in suits standing behind the marble bell podium on the New York Stock Exchange floor, the words NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE on the wall and the carved balcony above them, a Denver cap resting on the podium
    The FIN 4800 class at the bell podium on the New York Stock Exchange floor, August 2026.
  • A man in a vest addressing a group in suits beside the bell podium on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor, ticker displays lit overhead
    A briefing on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor, August 2026.
  • A group in suits and business attire lined up along a black railing outside the marble facade of the New York Stock Exchange, its arched windows and carved stone balconies behind them
    The class outside the New York Stock Exchange on Broad Street, August 2026.
  • A large group in business attire posed in three rows before a white marble wall in a modern office, with a street and trees through the window at left
    A firm visit during the course, New York, August 2026.

Coursework

Courses completed or in progress, by quarter.

  1. INFO 4140 Business Databases Fall 2026 · In progress
  2. FIN 4800 An Organized Walk Down Wall Street Summer 2026 · Completed

    Course paper · Published September 24, 2026

    Artificial Intelligence on Wall Street and the Demand for Human Skills

  3. FIN 4000 Financial Modeling and Databases Bootcamp Spring 2026 · Completed
  4. FIN 4200 Financial Investments and Markets Spring 2026 · Completed

Prerequisites waived February 17, 2026: ACTG 4610 Financial Accounting and Reporting, FIN 4630 Managerial Finance, and STAT 4610 Business Statistics.

The program

Finance core (29 credits)
  • FIN 4000 Financial Modeling and Databases Bootcamp · 1 credit
  • FIN 4500 Financial Modeling · 4 credits
  • FIN 4200 Financial Investments and Markets · 4 credits
  • FIN 4410 Financial Planning & Analysis · 4 credits
  • FIN 4830 Econometrics for Finance · 4 credits
  • FIN 4180 Global Finance · 2 credits
  • FIN 4110 Ethics in Finance · 4 credits
  • INFO 4140 Business Databases · 4 credits
  • FIN 4740 Managerial Microeconomics or FIN 4750 Managerial Macroeconomics · 2 credits
Prerequisite courses (waivable)
  • ACTG 4610 Financial Accounting and Reporting · 4 credits
  • FIN 4630 Managerial Finance · 4 credits
  • STAT 4610 Business Statistics · 4 credits
Finance electives (16 credits)
  • 16 credits of 4000-level FIN courses, chosen along one of four tracks
  • Investments track: derivatives, equity analysis, portfolio management, fixed-income analysis, the Marsico Investment Funds
  • Corporate track: treasury management, capital expenditure analysis, strategic finance, advanced business valuation, investment banking
  • Investment banking track: investment banking and external financing, advanced valuation, strategic finance, equity analysis
  • Wealth management track: personal finance, life-cycle financial planning, wealth management
Stated outcomes
  • Proficiency in the written and oral communication professional finance careers require.
  • Synthesize common ethical dilemmas in finance and identify the appropriate responses.
  • Apply critical thinking and advanced financial theories and concepts to financial decisions.
  • Proficiency in accessing and analyzing financial data and using financial models.
  • Analyze and evaluate financial issues with a global perspective.

From University of Denver Graduate Bulletin — Finance, Master of Science in Applied Quantitative Finance, accessed September 18, 2026; further detail from Daniels College of Business — MS in Applied Quantitative Finance. The stated outcomes are paraphrased.